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Fatented Jan. 19, 1932 PATENT FEQE WILLIAM M. GOLDSMITH AN D BENJAMINHARIG, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE GOLDSMITH METAL LATECOMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO STRUCTURAL INSERTApplication filed March 12, 1929. Serial No. 346,475.

This invention relates to inserts used for attaching face angles toconcrete lintels or the like and is adapted for various uses, a few ofwhich will be related herein.

Inserts of the general type with which the invention is concerned areshown in such patents as Downing, et al. 909,7 69 and Bright 1,035,525.

Inserts of thecharacter under consideration are used for supportingpipes from ceilings and walls, for attaching metal angles to concretestructures whereby to provide support ledges upon which masonry andbrick work may be built up, for supporting shaft hangers, etc.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple and efiective devicethat may be easily and economically fabricated, but which will have allof the advantages of other more 29 complicated and expensive devices,besides having certain other advantages and features, some of which willbe enumerated hereafter.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the characterindicated wherein various parts thereof may be so adjusted as toaccommodate the insert to various situations that may develop andwhereby accurate positioning of angles, pipe hang- 39 ers and the like,may be attained.

Another object is to produce a device that will provide a substantialand secure mounting for angles and similar supporting devices that maybe attached to or held by an insert.

These and other advantages are attained by the means described hereinand disclosed in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 shows one form of device embodying the invention. 8

Fig. 2 shows an inverted plan view'of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows in detail the relationship of a washer and bolt formingelements of the invention,

Fig. 4c shows in side elevation a modification of the device shown inFigs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 5 shows a side elevation of a modified form of device embodying theinvention, parts being broken away.

Fig. 6 shows a sectional view on line 66 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7' shows an end elevation of a modified form of the device.

Fig. 8 shows a fragmental inverted plan view of the device shown in Fig.7.

Fig. 9 is a sectional view on line 99 of Fig. 8.

The preferred form of receptacle is disclosed in Figs. 5 and 6,wherefore that con struction will now be explained.

The receptacle shown in Figs. 5 and 6 consists of a body, preferably ofheavy gage material with a face 10.

The face is provided with an elongated opening 11 that is generallyrectangular in form. At the ends of the face are provided upwardlyextending arms or walls 12 and 13. Along the side or lateral edges ofthe face are provided upwardly extending flanges 11 and 15. The flangesare considerably shorter than the end walls 12 and 13, reinforce theface and cooperate with the end walls 12 and 13 for receiving andsupporting a substantially U-shaped cap member 16. The cap member ispreferably of sheet metal of a lighter gage than the body of the deviceand is retained in inverted position between the ends 12 and 13 and mayhave its arms 17 and 18 disposed exteriorly of the flanges 14 and 15.The arms 17 and 18 of the cap member 16 are flanged at their free ends,the indicated flanges 19 and 20 provided on said cap extending outwardlyand extending in substantial parallelism with the face 10 of the bodymember. Preferably the under surfaces of the flanges 19 and 20 and ofthe face 10 lie in a common plane. The cap and the body member areintended to fit together in such reasonably close or snug relationshipthat the void or chamber provided between the cap, the face of the bodyand the walls of the body, will be reasonably water tight to avoidseepage ofplastics such as cement and concrete into that chamber. Theflanges on the cap may be provided with perforationssuch as areindicated at 21, and through which perforations suitable fastening meanssuch as nails, may be inserted for securing the device to a temporaryform or mold within which the device is intended to be positioned andinto which mold or form plastic is introduced.

The upper extremities of the arms or end walls 12 and 13 may be soformed that the ends of those arms will bond or look in a plastic mass.Accordingly, the free ends of the walls 12 and 13 are bent so thatportions thereof converge over the cap 16 and other portions thereofdiverge. If desired, suitable perforations indicated at 22 may beprovided in either the converging or diverging portions of the arms ofthe members 12 and 13 for sup iilementing the locking function attainedby the indicated distortion or configuration of the free ends of saidmembers.

By providing the opening 11 in the face 10 of the body member, there isprovided a ledge-like structure extending about said opening 11. Uponthat ledge-like surface there may rest a suitable carrier means 23. Thecarrier means may be of various forms, for example it may be in thenature of a piece of channel iron as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6, or itmay be in the nature of an annular washer such as is shown in dottedoutline in Fig. 6 and in Figs. 1 and 2. The carrier means contacts theledge and co-operates with a suitable bolt 24. The arrangement of thecarrier means and the bolt, together with the supporting ledge on thebody 10, is such that the bolt may be adjusted to a positionlongitudinally and transversely of the opening 11 by shifting thecarrier means 23 relative to the body member 10. In the form shown inFigs. 5 and 6 it would be necessary to adjust the bolt 24 longitudinallyof the elongated slot 25 provided in channel 23 for attaining adjustmentof the bolt transversely of the opening 11, whereas if the channel 23 issuperceded by a Washer such as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the washer wouldbe rotated upon the ledge about the opening 11 for attaining transverseadjustment of the bolt relative to the opening 11.

The bolt 24 may have its head 26 received between the arms 27 and 28 ofthe channel iron 23 or a suitable nut may be introduced between arms 27and 28 and may be retained against separation from said channel iron 23,in any suitable manner so that subsequently the threaded shank of a boltmay be introduced into the nut, the nut being slidable longitudinally ofthe channel iron 23. When using a was er such as shown in Figs. 1 and 2in connection with a receptacle member such as is shown in Figs. 5 and6, the washer may he provided with a plurality of bolt receivingopenings of various diameters. The indicated openings in the washer mayhave smooth walls or they may be tapped or threaded so that the washerwill cooperate with the head of a bolt or with the threaded shank of abolt.

If desired, the distorted upper portions of the ends or arms 12 and 13may be dispensed with and in lieu thereof there may be pro videdsuitable rods such as are shown at 30 and 31 in Fig. 7, which would beso associated with the receptacle member that the receptacle member maybe locked into a plastic mass after such mass has set.

The structure shown in Figs. 7 to 9 inclusive comprises a receptaclehaving a face 32 substantially identical with face 10 shown in Figs. 5and 6. The member 32, however, is provided with upwardly extendingflanges along its lateral edges only, the ends thereof being providedwith no flanges or ends corresponding to the ends 12 and 13 shown inFig. 5. The cap member 33 corresponds with the cap member 16 shown inFig. 5 and may be provided with perforated flanges 34 corresponding withthe flanges 19 and 20 on the cap 16. The support rods such as 30 areintended to be inserted through suitable openings provided in theheavier gage metal used in providing the body of the device. It is to beunderstood that if flanges be provided upon the ends of the member 32rather than along the lateral edges thereof, the rods 30 would extend atright angles to the positions at which they are shown in Figs. 7 to 9inclusive. The rods 30 may be given any suitable configuration to effecta suitable bond or lock with the concrete mass formed about the device.In some instances the rods might be straight wires, provided the rodsare spaced a suflicient distance from the face of the device to effect asufficient lock with the concrete to support the weight of the fixturesor angles that are intended to be secured to the insert. An illustrationof straight rods in lieu of deformed rods such as 30, is shown in Figs.1 and 2.

The forms of devices shown in Figs. 1 and 2 are made in accordance withthe general principles and explanations previously given and differtherefrom only in that the rods 40 perform the same function as do theledges in the forms shown in Figs. 5 to 9 inclusive, as well as to serveas bonding members for retaining the device in fixed relation to and ina concrete mass. The rods 40 may be deformed or inclined as indicated at41, in Fig. 4. The flanges 42 may be provided with suitable aperturessuch as 21 for attachment of the device to a. form or mold. The annularwasher 43 may be provided with variable numbers of apertures 44, ofvariable diameters, and the walls of the apertures may either be smoothor threaded as previously explained.

When the receptacle is disposed in such position that the washer 43extends in a. substantially vertical plane, the edge of the washer maycontact with or rest upon one of the side walls of the receptacle orupon the lateral flanges extending from the face plate 10 of thereceptacle.

When the washer is so positioned, the washer may be said to be supportedby the side wall of the receptacle. It is to be understood however, thatby supporting means for the washer Or disc, reference is made to theledges or rods l0 that support, sustain or retain the washer in thehollow receptacle and which resist the strain. directed upon the boltand washer or disc.

W hat is claimed is:

1. In an insert of the class described, the combination of a receptaclemember comprising means for bonchng the receptacle in a plastic mass andledge forming means, a carrier adjustable longitudinally of andarculately upon said ledge forming means, and an attachment devicesupported by the carrier and retained against bodily movement relativeto said carrier.

2. In an insert of the class described the combination of a receptaclemember having an opening, an attachment device extending through theopening, and a carrier eccentrically perforated at a distance from itsedge for receiving end supporting the attachment device and adjustablein a circular path and bodily longitudinally of the opening forpositioning the attachment device at selective locations within thelimits of the opening in the receptacle.

3. In an insert of the class described the combination of a receptaclehaving a rectangular opening therein, means forming a carri r supportledge along the longitudinal sides of the aperture, a circular carriersupported at opposite sides on said ledges and having a bolt receivingbore disposed eccentrically therein at a distance from the edges of saidcarrier.

l. In an insert device the combination of a hollow receptacle having anelongated aperture bounded by ledges at its longitudinal sides, and aneccentrically perforated disc within the receptacle and supported forrotary and longitudinal movement on said ledges, to provide universaladjustment for an attaching means within the limits of said elongatedaperture, the elongated aperture being of a length in excess of thediameter of the disc and of the width less than the diameter of the discand greater than the thickness of the attaching means.

5. In an insert device of the class described a receptacle havingopposed spaced ledges defining an elongated aperture, a disc supportedwithin the receptacle upon said ledges and movable longitudinally androtatably thereon, and an attachment bolt extending eccentricallythrough the disc and adjustable only by movement of the disc, said boltbeing retained by the disc against shifting relative thereto.

6. In an insert device of the class described, a receptacle, a discwithin the receptacle, the disc having at least one eccentricallydisposed perforation for confining an attachment bolt against shiftingmovement relative thereto, said receptacle having an elongated apertureover which the disc extends, the aperture being of greater length thanthe diameter of the disc, and of a width less than the diameter of thedisc and in excess of the diameter of the eccentric perforation therein.

7. In an insert device of the class described the combination of a sheetmetal receptacle having an elongated substantially rectangular aperturetherein, means for providing supporting ledges at the longitudinal sidesof said aperture and for bonding the receptacle to a plastic mass, and acircular carrier in the receptacle and adjustable along said ledges, thecarrier being eccentrically perforated inwardly from the edge thereoffor receiving an attachment member in substantially non-shiftingrelation, the disc being shiftable longitudinally in the receptacle andrelatively non-shiftable laterally of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names this 2nd dayof March, 1929.

WILLIAh I M. GOLDSMITH. BENJAMIN HARIG.

